The soulful heat continues this week with lots of goodies to discover...
Andy Compton & The Rurals featuring Charlie Hearnshaw "Brown leaves EP" (Peng Music Promo)
Nothing but unadulterated deep house goodness awaits you with the "Brown leaves EP", the brand new offering by Andy Compton (The Rurals) and virtuoso saxophonist Charlie Hearnshaw. Indisputably, the title track "Brown leaves" laced with uber cool male spoken word poetry, dreamy melodies, grand sax by Charlie Hearnshaw and deeper than deep rhythms is sure to cast a spell on you. Not to forget to mention "Small talk" a dazzling down-tempo deep house beauty.
Melchyor A "Got me" / "Take that" (UML Records Promo)
France based Melchyor A (Andrianirina Jean Yves) continues to grace us with nothing but the best in soulful house music with his upcoming two track release on UML Records. First up is the jazz influenced "Got me" a glorious soulful house cut featuring beautiful heartfelt vocals, heavenly keys and lovely guitars over a laidback organic musical backing. The alternate mix of "Got me" oozes with an enchanting jazz house vibe, while the second track "Take that" is a glamorous broken beat flavored slice of sun drenched bliss fueled with a sublime jazzy orchestration and gorgeous vocals.
Cricco Castelli & Di Saronno featuring MC Flipside "Back to my roots" (Peppermint Jam Records Promo)
Forthcoming to to renowned Peppermint Jam Records in a couple of weeks is this sure-fire dance floor weapon entitled "Back to my roots", a collaboration by Cricco Castelli with Frank Di Saronno and MC Flipside. Beyond question, the fervid "Back to my roots" using an infectious funked-up backdrop as foundation for the evocative hip hop vocal stylings of MC Flipside and jazzy bits is surer to set the dance floor ablaze.
Afro House Pick: Muzungu "Ode" (Moon Rocket Records Promo)
Courtesy of Greek production duo Muzungu (aka the duo of Iraklis Verdi and Konstantinos Theodoropoulos) comes "Ode" an absolutely fierce afro house track. To make a long story short, "Ode" with inexorably thumpin' percussive rhythms leading the way for entrancing female vocal chants, phat keys and enticing pads is guaranteed to take over dance floors around the globe by storm.
Various "Get with the Vibe Vol. 1" (Vibe Music Show Promo)
Out now on Vibe Music Show is the "Get with the Vibe Vol. 1" EP, an indisputably eclectic and glamorous selection of mellifluous deep house and soulful house dance floor favorites. A total of eight instrumental and vocals tracks from the likes of Jazz Master Funk, Super Days, Lele X, Vencer Cafe, Orlam, G.M.T and Simza M are included, making it next to impossible to pick a favorite.
Zulu "Have a good time" (Mantree Records Promo)
Celebrated Mantree Records sent over their next release "Have a good time" by Zulu (Emperor Kadaini), and by all means we had to include this brilliant underground house music gem in this weeks update. To cut right to the chase, the spell binding "Have a good time" oozing with inspiring male vocals, tantalizing melodies and irresistible percussion enriched rhythms comes highly recommended.